Table 4 Logistic regressions of the...

Table 4

Logistic regressions of the determinants of underweight among children under five in Cameroon

	Overall	(Employed mothers)	(Unemployed mothers)
VARIABLES	Marginal Effects	Marginal Effects	Marginal Effects
Child age (in months)
0–11 months	Ref	Ref	Ref
12–23 months	0.030**	0.051**	0.011
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.017)
24–35 months	0.044***	0.072***	0.022
	(0.013)	(0.020)	(0.017)
36–47 months	0.026*	0.043**	0.013
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.017)
48–59 months	0.048***	0.061***	0.041**
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.016)
Sex of child
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref
Male	0.020**	0.007	0.035***
	(0.008)	(0.012)	(0.011)
Type of birth
Single birth	Ref	Ref	Ref
Multiple births	−0.007	−0.007	−0.013
	(0.030)	(0.044)	(0.041)
Birth order	0.004	0.006	0.001
	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.003)
Size at birth
Small	Ref	Ref	Ref
Average	0.036***	0.041***	0.030**
	(0.010)	(0.015)	(0.013)
Large	0.061***	0.074***	0.051***
	(0.012)	(0.018)	(0.016)
Reported Illness
Illness: No	Ref	Ref	Ref
Illness: yes	−0.005	−0.012	0.002
	(0.009)	(0.013)	(0.011)
Maternal employement
Unemployed	Ref
Employed	0.022***
	(0.008)
Maternal education
No education	Ref	Ref	Ref
Primary	−0.049***	−0.054***	−0.047***
	(0.010)	(0.015)	(0.015)
Secondary	−0.063***	−0.082***	−0.048***
	(0.013)	(0.019)	(0.016)
Higher	−0.072**	−0.074	−0.067*
	(0.033)	(0.053)	(0.040)
Maternal age
15–24 years	Ref	Ref	Ref
25–34 years	−0.021**	−0.044***	0.002
	(0.011)	(0.016)	(0.013)
35–49 years	−0.036**	−0.062**	−0.007
	(0.017)	(0.025)	(0.024)
Marital status
Not in union	Ref	Ref	Ref
In_union	0.011	0.011	0.009
	(0.012)	(0.018)	(0.016)
Number of siblings	0.008***	0.011***	0.003
	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.003)
Maternal Underweight
No	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	0.079***	0.085***	0.076***
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.016)
Household wealth status
Poorest	Ref	Ref	Ref
Poorer	−0.007	−0.020	0.017
	(0.010)	(0.015)	(0.016)
Middle	−0.039***	−0.061***	−0.005
	(0.014)	(0.021)	(0.020)
Richer	−0.084***	−0.103***	−0.049**
	(0.017)	(0.027)	(0.024)
Richest	−0.102***	−0.129***	−0.065**
	(0.023)	(0.037)	(0.030)
Place of residence
Rural	Ref	Ref	Ref
Urban	0.013	0.013	0.007
	(0.011)	(0.017)	(0.014)
Pseudo R-square	0.1149	0.1349	0.1149
Observations	4,331	2,089	2,242

	Overall	(Employed mothers)	(Unemployed mothers)
VARIABLES	Marginal Effects	Marginal Effects	Marginal Effects
Child age (in months)
0–11 months	Ref	Ref	Ref
12–23 months	0.030**	0.051**	0.011
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.017)
24–35 months	0.044***	0.072***	0.022
	(0.013)	(0.020)	(0.017)
36–47 months	0.026*	0.043**	0.013
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.017)
48–59 months	0.048***	0.061***	0.041**
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.016)
Sex of child
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref
Male	0.020**	0.007	0.035***
	(0.008)	(0.012)	(0.011)
Type of birth
Single birth	Ref	Ref	Ref
Multiple births	−0.007	−0.007	−0.013
	(0.030)	(0.044)	(0.041)
Birth order	0.004	0.006	0.001
	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.003)
Size at birth
Small	Ref	Ref	Ref
Average	0.036***	0.041***	0.030**
	(0.010)	(0.015)	(0.013)
Large	0.061***	0.074***	0.051***
	(0.012)	(0.018)	(0.016)
Reported Illness
Illness: No	Ref	Ref	Ref
Illness: yes	−0.005	−0.012	0.002
	(0.009)	(0.013)	(0.011)
Maternal employement
Unemployed	Ref
Employed	0.022***
	(0.008)
Maternal education
No education	Ref	Ref	Ref
Primary	−0.049***	−0.054***	−0.047***
	(0.010)	(0.015)	(0.015)
Secondary	−0.063***	−0.082***	−0.048***
	(0.013)	(0.019)	(0.016)
Higher	−0.072**	−0.074	−0.067*
	(0.033)	(0.053)	(0.040)
Maternal age
15–24 years	Ref	Ref	Ref
25–34 years	−0.021**	−0.044***	0.002
	(0.011)	(0.016)	(0.013)
35–49 years	−0.036**	−0.062**	−0.007
	(0.017)	(0.025)	(0.024)
Marital status
Not in union	Ref	Ref	Ref
In_union	0.011	0.011	0.009
	(0.012)	(0.018)	(0.016)
Number of siblings	0.008***	0.011***	0.003
	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.003)
Maternal Underweight
No	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	0.079***	0.085***	0.076***
	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.016)
Household wealth status
Poorest	Ref	Ref	Ref
Poorer	−0.007	−0.020	0.017
	(0.010)	(0.015)	(0.016)
Middle	−0.039***	−0.061***	−0.005
	(0.014)	(0.021)	(0.020)
Richer	−0.084***	−0.103***	−0.049**
	(0.017)	(0.027)	(0.024)
Richest	−0.102***	−0.129***	−0.065**
	(0.023)	(0.037)	(0.030)
Place of residence
Rural	Ref	Ref	Ref
Urban	0.013	0.013	0.007
	(0.011)	(0.017)	(0.014)
Pseudo R-square	0.1149	0.1349	0.1149
Observations	4,331	2,089	2,242

Note(s): Robust Standard errors in parentheses

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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